The public and private sectors go in parallel lines and have a common interest in the planned customs union, according to the report issued by the Federation of the GCC Chambers of commerce and industry.

The governments of the GCC countries need to involve the private sector in the discussion of the procedures and regulations relating to the customs union, it urged.

The union aims to facilitate the free movement of goods and unify the procedures relating to the veterinary quarantine and treating the products of a GCC origin as a national product, it noted.